Dawesley
Town in South Australia
35°02′32″S 138°56′43″E / 35.042299°S 138.945247°E / -35.042299; 138.945247[1]- 40 km (25 mi) SE of Adelaide
- 4 km (2 mi) east of Nairne
Localities around Dawesley: | ||
Brukunga | ||
Nairne | Dawesley | Kanmantoo |
Petwood | ||
Dawesley is a locality in South Australia. It is in the Adelaide Hills 40 km southeast of Adelaide. It is on Dawesley Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River, and the old Princes Highway between Nairne and Kanmantoo. It is in the Hundred of Kanmantoo.[3]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Dawesley had 259 people living within its boundaries.[2]
History
The town was laid out by William Bower Dawes and sold at the District Hotel, Nairne, on 4 May 1857.[4] Mount Beevor station, once held by T. Hope Murray, is nearby.[5]
References
- ^ "Search results for 'Dawesley, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dawesley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ South Australian Names
- ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "Dawesley" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History – Place Names. Retrieved 6 November 2017 – via State Library of South Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 2 May 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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Towns and localities of the District Council of Mount Barker
- Biggs Flat
- Blakiston
- Bradbury (part)
- Bridgewater (part)
- Brukunga
- Bugle Ranges
- Bull Creek
- Callington
- Chapel Hill
- Dawesley
- Dorset Vale
- Echunga
- Flaxley
- Green Hills Range
- Hahndorf (part)
- Harrogate
- Hay Valley (part)
- Jupiter Creek
- Kangarilla (part)
- Kanmantoo
- Littlehampton
- Macclesfield
- Meadows
- Mount Barker
- Mount Barker Junction
- Mount Barker Springs
- Mylor
- Nairne
- Nairne
- Paechtown
- Paris Creek
- Petwood
- Prospect Hill
- St Ives
- Totness
- Wistow
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